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Fearless Career Change

• Office manager • Truck driver
• Photographer • Ultrasound technician
• Respiratory therapist • Word processor
• Sound technician

❑ Are you especially adept at fixing things?
Can you quickly analyze a situation, product, or project and come up
with a solution to repair, restore, or improve it? Are you able to take
many factors into account and arrive at a workable solution? Are you
able to observe things, people, and processes objectively? Do you feel
confident about your ability to solve problems, and do you derive satis-
faction from troubleshooting difficult or not-so-obvious challenges?
A few careers associated with this talent could be

• Appliance repairer • Organizational consultant
• Automotive repairer • Plumber
• Business consultant • Postsales hardware
• Car detailer engineer
• Certified heat and air- • Professional mediator
conditioning technician • Small business machine
• Financial advisor repair

❑ Do you love to test and stretch your intellect as far as you can
possibly go?
If your appetite for knowledge about a particular scientific or artistic
field is nearly insatiable, you may want to apply your intellect to
learning as much as you can about a given subject. Would you like
to be considered an expert in your field? Would you like to write,
research, or illuminate a certain topic or topics? Have you ever
noticed that you never tire of reading everything you can find about a
certain subject? Do you enjoy being in an academic environment
and/or discussing intellectual pursuits with like-minded people? Do
you attend lectures just for fun? Do you feel most comfortable in a
laboratory, editing room, library, or classroom?
A few careers associated with this talent could be

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